I know they bought a lot of them, but it seems from your
tone, that you know first-hand. Tell us all.


"Big John" wrote in message
...
| Jim
|
| Not so. Be glad to tell you the limitations of 0-2 in VN.
|
| Big John
| ```````````````````````````````````
|
| On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:18:12 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
|
| It was not a safer twin since the failure of an engine
was
| not as quickly detected since there was no yaw, just
reduced
| performance. It did not have good baggage areas and it
was
| noisy inside.
|
| It was successful as a FAC aircraft in VN as the O-2
|
|
|
| "Dudley Henriques" wrote in
| message
|
link.net...
| |
| | "john smith" wrote in message
| |
|
...
| | Looking at the design of the C377, it seems like
it
| should have been
| | more
| | of a winner. Why did it flop?
| |
| | My old CFI said guys would forget to start the back
| engine or not notice
| | that it would quit and end up crashing, true or not
I
| don't know but it
| | was
| | his story. I always thought it was an odd looking
| piece.
| |
| | To that I would add that I personally think the 200
hp
| O-360's are not
| | enough power for the size and weight of the aircraft.
| |
| | Maintenance wise, we had a cracked case on one of the
| engines that was a bit
| | costly to fix :-) and you had to monitor the EGT
| carefully on takeoff
| | because the noise was so bad you couldn't pick up an
| engine problem during
| | the run, but aside from that, fun to fly!
| |
| | Dudley Henriques
| |
| |
|
|